Samba PDC/BDC

[Bill McGonigle]

Apparently the magic pixie dust is some sort of RPC mechanism.

Found this here:
   http://info.ccone.at/INFO/Samba/Samba-Guide/kerberos.html

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Active Directory Replacement with Kerberos, LDAP, and Samba

     The Microsoft networking protocols extensively make use of remote 
procedure call (RPC) technology. Active Directory is not a simple 
mixture of LDAP and Kerberos together with file and print services, but 
rather is a complex intertwined implementation of them that uses RPCs 
that are not supported by any of these component technologies and yet 
by which they are made to interoperate in ways that the components do 
not support.

     In order to make the popular request for Samba to be an Active 
Directory Server a reality, it is necessary to add to OpenLDAP, 
Kerberos, as well as Samba, RPC calls that are not presently supported. 
The Samba Team has not been able to gain critical overall support for 
all project maintainers to work together on the complex challenge of 
developing and integrating the necessary technologies. Therefore, if 
the Samba Team does not make it a priority to absorb Kerberos and LDAP 
functionality into the Samba project, this dream request can not become 
a reality.

     At this time, the integration of LDAP, Kerberos, and the missing 
RPCs is not on the Samba development roadmap. If it is not on the 
published roadmap, it cannot be delivered anytime soon. Ergo, ADS 
server support is not a current goal for Samba development. The Samba 
Team is most committed to permitting Samba to be a full ADS Domain 
member that is increasingly capable of being managed using Microsoft 
Windows MMC tools.
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All that given, I'd be willing to chip in a hundred bucks for a bounty 
on said working RPC mechanism.

-Bill
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